diff --git a/modules/pastebin_helpers.py b/modules/pastebin_helpers.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..397d648
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/pastebin_helpers.py
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+import requests
+
+def create_paste(
+    *,
+    developer_key: str,
+    content: str,
+    timeout_seconds: float = 15.0,
+) -> str:
+    # Make sure the API key is not empty
+    if not developer_key.strip():
+        raise ValueError("Pastebin developer key cannot be empty")
+
+    # Make sure there is actually something to upload
+    if not content.strip():
+        raise ValueError("Paste content cannot be empty")
+
+    # Data Pastebin expects
+    payload = {
+        "api_dev_key": developer_key.strip(),
+        "api_option": "paste",
+        "api_paste_code": content,
+    }
+
+    # Send the POST request to Pastebin
+    response = requests.post(
+        "https://pastebin.com/api/api_post.php",
+        data=payload,
+        timeout=timeout_seconds,
+    )
+
+    response.raise_for_status()
+
+    # Pastebin returns either:
+    # - a Pastebin URL on success
+    # - text starting with "Bad API request" on failure
+    response_body = response.text.strip()
+
+    if response_body.startswith("Bad API request"):
+        raise RuntimeError(
+            f"Pastebin rejected the request: {response_body}"
+        )
+
+    return response_body
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/server.py b/server.py
index 83aeba6..47ae6e0 100644
--- a/server.py
+++ b/server.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 from fastapi import BackgroundTasks, FastAPI, Request, Response
 from fastapi.middleware.cors import CORSMiddleware
 from prometheus_client import generate_latest
+from dotenv import load_dotenv
 import requests
 import uvicorn
 import websocket
@@ -24,7 +25,10 @@
 from metrics import MetricsHandler
 from modules.args import get_args
 from modules.commit_status_helpers import CommitStatus, push_commit_status
+from modules.pastebin_helpers import create_paste
 
+load_dotenv() 
+PASTEBIN_DEV_API_KEY = os.getenv("PASTEBIN_DEV_API_KEY")
 
 args = get_args()
 logging.basicConfig(
@@ -57,7 +61,6 @@
 CICD_DISCORD_WEBHOOK_URL = None
 GITHUB_TOKEN = None
 
-
 @dataclasses.dataclass
 class RepoConfig:
     name: str
@@ -141,6 +144,20 @@ def run_command(command_args: list, cwd: str) -> ExecutionResult:
         logger.exception(f"Failed to execute {cmd_str}")
         return ExecutionResult(command=cmd_str)
 
+def build_execution_log(
+    step_title: str, 
+    execution_result: ExecutionResult, 
+) -> str:
+    return (
+        f"Step: {step_title}\n"
+        f"Command: {execution_result.command}\n"
+        f"Exit Code: {execution_result.exit_code}\n"
+        f"Success: {execution_result.success}\n"
+        f"\nSTDOUT:\n"
+        f"{execution_result.stdout or '(empty)'}\n"
+        f"\nSTDERR:\n"
+        f"{execution_result.stderr or '(empty)'}\n"
+    )
 
 def push_github_commit_status(status: DeploymentStatus):
     if status.is_dev:
@@ -165,8 +182,29 @@ def push_github_commit_status(status: DeploymentStatus):
 
     for step_title, status_field_name in execution_results:
         execution_result = getattr(status, status_field_name, None)
-        deployment_failed = execution_result is not None and not execution_result.success 
-
+        if execution_result is None: 
+            continue 
+
+        deployment_failed = not execution_result.success 
+
+        paste_url = None 
+
+        if not PASTEBIN_DEV_API_KEY:
+            logger.warning("Pastebin API key missing") 
+        else: 
+            try: 
+                paste_url = create_paste(
+                    developer_key = PASTEBIN_DEV_API_KEY,
+                    content = build_execution_log(
+                        step_title, 
+                        execution_result,
+                    ),
+                )
+                logger.info(f"{step_title} logs uploaded to Pastebin")
+            except Exception:
+                logger.exception(
+                    f"Failed to upload {step_title} logs to Pastebin"
+                )
 
         commit_status = CommitStatus(
             state = "failure" if deployment_failed else "success", 
@@ -176,6 +214,7 @@ def push_github_commit_status(status: DeploymentStatus):
                 else "Deployment successful"
             ), 
             context = f"[sce-cicd] {step_title}", 
+            target_url = paste_url, 
         )
         
         try: 
@@ -461,7 +500,7 @@ def should_skip_deployment(files_changed: List[str], ignore_patterns: List[str])
         SMEE2_URL = data.get("smee2_url")
         SMEE2_API_KEY = data.get("smee2_api_key")
         CICD_DISCORD_WEBHOOK_URL = data.get("cicd_discord_webhook_url")
-        GITHUB_TOKEN = data.get("github_token")
+        GITHUB_TOKEN = data.get("github_token") or os.getenv("GITHUB_TOKEN")
         for r in raw_repos:
             # make a new entry into the result dictionary
             # the key is a tuple of the repo name and branch
@@ -697,6 +736,5 @@ def smee_listen():
     get_docker_images_disk_usage_bytes()
     smee_listen()
 
-
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     uvicorn.run("server:app", port=args.port, reload=True)